Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 548559, member: 2844&quot;]Thanks, it was in good structural condition, but desparately needed some tlc. Which I didn&#039;t mind giving.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The tassel is mandatory in my case, if I am working on jewellery I tend to propel jewellery findings across the room.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, someone had a lot of fun decorating it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>From the information I could find, the French were the last to make brass studded chests. If it isn&#039;t French, it has to be much older than I think.</p><p>Maybe made for a French chauvinist? Or someone in the colonies who wanted to assert his French identity? Which could bring us back to the idea of India or further east, even though the box is European made. Maybe it even belonged to a relative of yours once?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> (I am not giving it back. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in